SNIFF involves using your sense of smell to Identify a wine's aromas and to judge their Intensity.

Aromas

The aromas of wine come from fragrant chemical compounds called esters.

If you detect the aroma of lemon in your glass of Chardonnay, it is because the same -- or nearly the same -- combination of esters that gives a lemon its distinctive aroma is present in the wine.

Wine is capable of great aromatic complexity, and it is possible for a single wine to have many aromas. For example, apple, lemon, lime, melon, pineapple, pear, spice, hazelnut, vanilla and butterscotch can all be descriptors for Chardonnay.

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